When Velvet Brown wins a troublesome piebald gelding in a shilling raffle, it begins a series of events which takes this frail girl to victory in the greatest of all horse races. The story of how Velvet takes on the male-dominated racing establishment was made into a film starring Elizabeth Taylor.
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When Velvet Brown wins a troublesome piebald gelding in a shilling raffle, it begins a series of events which takes this frail girl to victory in the greatest of all horse races. The story of how Velvet takes on the male-dominated racing establishment was made into a film starring Elizabeth Taylor.
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Add this copy of National Velvet (Classic Mammoth) to cart. $15.89, good condition, Sold by Goldstone Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ammanford, CARMS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1992 by Mammoth.
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book in perfect condition
order filled VERY promptly
read in one sitting
turns out that it is NOT a book for children
wonderful to read the amazing - yes, fictional story, of an
unshakable faith - in the skills of a horse, and the lack of
vanity and self aggrandizement of a young woman
- no sex, no guns, no Facebook nor Twitter . . . . just a really great tale